South Sudan - Water Sanitation Hygiene and Nutrition Assistance - Concern Worldwide 2020-2021

March 2020 - An estimated 7.5 million people across South Sudan are in need of humanitarian assistance and protection as a result of armed conflict food insecurity malnutrition economic decline and disease. Approximately 1.5 million people are internally displaced within South Sudan and almost 2.2 million South Sudanese have sought protection in neighbouring countries. An estimated 6.4 million people are currently severely food insecure with malnutrition rates over emergency thresholds. Outbreaks of communicable diseases have strained an already overwhelmed health system. With GAC’s support Concern Worldwide is providing emergency water sanitation hygiene and nutrition assistance for up to 132 985 displaced and conflict-affected people in Unity Equatoria state. Project activities include: (1) rehabilitating maintaining or developing 9 water points in the Rubkona and Guit counties of South Sudan; (2) constructing 60 communal latrines and 100 household latrines in the Bentiu Guit and Rubkona; and (3) delivering outpatient therapeutic programs targeted supplementary feeding programs and infant and young child feeding services for 19 974 children and 11 792 pregnant and lactating women across all project sites.

The expected outcomes for this project include: (1) increased access to safe drinking water safe sanitation and hygiene practices among conflict affected populations; and (2) increased access to life saving nutrition treatment and prevention services for children under the age of five and pregnant and lactating women. The expected ultimate outcome is lives saved suffering alleviated and human dignity maintained in countries experiencing humanitarian crises or acute food insecurity.